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o'l'rAl'VA. -Nov. 12 - (CP) -- special sessions of the Quebec and lllanitoba Legislature have caused ii in-d.iy postponement of a Fed- eral-Provinclal meeting scheduled to oon:.:iiie discussions on ways to give Canada complete consti- tutiona' independence.

Coming Events

"Mail your Films to Gunhum Photo Studio. Charlottetown.

"Buying Timothy seed daily. ll1cGuisan and Boyle.

--Limit party Clinton hlil. Tuesday. Nov. 14.

"Cliicl-it-n rind ham supper. l)ariiIei- Iiilii. Nov, lotli. startlng

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"Cmic to the iegular Dance at (hp non.-iiaw Inn Tuesday night. lllacNei'.l's Orchestra.

"Card party and lunch. Hopi: Rll'Fl' Credit. Union Hall 'ruesda!.'. lxovcmbcr 14th.

"ltlurray Harbor Starch Vac- torv will close for the season. lverlnesday. November 15t .

"P:ilitry sale Keir Clark's store Silll.ll'fi7l), Nov. 25. beginning 730. Clinton Hall Company.

"Slimv Morell Community Hall. every Tiiesdny, Friday, Saturday. Show starts 8 olclock.

"lx'oi.i-c. -- Buying Fowl and Chicken every Monday until noon. G. C. Green.

"Card Party. Dance. Kelly's cross Hall. Monday. November . l.'ith. . . .. .

l"Ul)i0lldIllg car bulk wheat Saturday and Monday. 93.15 per cm. E. J. Macnougall, Vernon.

"Regular Dance at skyline. New London every Tuesday night. Danc- ing from 9 till 1. Good music and canteen service.

"See the new Recreational Centrr. Soiiris. and enjoy a delic- :nii.: Hot Supper on November 2151 and 22nd. Games, etc.

"Traradie Hall. Hot Chicken Supper. Wednesday. November lath. supper served 5 P. M. to 10 P. M. Dance after.

.L.,..I.. ”Bll.viiiz Live Fowl. Chickens and (':.;ii-iis. Tuesday. 8 A. M. ii” llll"l'- Highest market prices. R llckleson. New Gldsgow.

"Bu:-us Live Fowl. Chickens C-atloiis Thursday till noon. High- rst inarkot prices. W. T. Ling, ll'nm:;m- Rivcr.

"llesrrve fNovember 29th for Cill'l5l.F.ll Church Tea. Pantry Sale and. Bazaar at Mrs. George Ander- wlls home. Bradalbane.

and ham suppt-r, W Club Hall. Montague. f"dllF5llll.l'. ' November 15th. aid ” 5l- Milly: Church. Montague.

B ftiinir tn the Bazaar in Spring Vlvnlt lvlall. Wednesday night. &0ie.iilwi- lath. If not tine. Thurs- 3.). Proceeds for church work.

Tu"-N meeting will be held, C esd.i.v.p Nov. 14 in North Riv:-r l0lml'llllfllly Han M 3;(y0 pm My y:n”dl"5l"ll in the hall please .it-

Im" Narlh Tliyon Presbyter-

if" Church will hold a ham and

k9" Supper a cl h l Tm . n azaar ii Noverlnklpgrhhlilsst Hall. Wednesday.

"C0"l0 to Sausage and Bean E31991”. also Bazaar in Uigg School , siwwednesday. November isui. n- ""35 Slipper held first line ii” Supper 7 to 10.

us . -M - H Hoacliicken supner ln Tracadie myewggnesdny. Nov. isth. sup- md am from 4:30. Bingo. games L or amusements. Dance at-

"1-federation of Millfnflsch will be held in Clyde mm M ool Monday. November mm; 3 P. M. All farmers wel-

Agriculture

-... Flipper and dlrtce ,ui;"p'e1:. Hill. Wednesday. Now 15; ,0 :"Ved at 5 o'clock. A to delegnilwmc will be extended llriculluml 0! the Federation of

"Poultry 3 w - wing live poultry irzaanlf: American and Canad- pm ,0, "'- P00"?! watched and M 0" firm. Contact Urban W. mt; Central Egg and row. "Mow!-I Grafton strut. Cher- hmy -before selling elsewhere. ll mil Nlnit 1sai..1s.

Federal-Provincial Conference Postponed

A committee. made up of Justice Minister Garson and the Attorneys- General of the 10 Provinces, was due to meet here Monday, but the meeting was postponed until Nov. 23 because the representatives of Quebec and Manitoba could not attend.

The Quebec Legislaiiure was cal- led to pass legislation providing for loans to Rimouskl and Cabana, two communities ravaged by se- rious fires last spring. The Man- itoba Legislature was summoned to deal with relief and other pro- blems arising out of last springs disastrous Red River floods.

Date for the committee meeting was set for Nov. 13 when the Federal -Prov-incial constitutional conference met in Quebec in Sep- tember. The conference asked the committee to prepare a report for submission to the Federal and Provincial Governments when they renew their constitutional discus- sions following the general Fed- cral-Provincial conference opening here Dec. 4.

The constitutional conference is attempting to find a suitable for- m.iila for amendments to the con- stitution in the future.

Four Drowned When Automobile Goes Into River '

SHAWVILLE. Que.. Nov. 11 - (CP) - Four persons were drown- ed and two others escaped early today when an automobile missed at turn on the highway and plunged into the Ottawa River about five nilles north of this Ottawa valle town. ' --The car in which the six were riding is said to have careened more than 100 feet out into the river and then sunk in deep -water. Late today police were still trying to raise'the automobile from a barge about 55 miles northwest of Ottawa. that had been floated to the scene, Bodies of the dead are still in the car.

Drowned, were: Mr. and Mrs. Ar- midas Asselln of nearby Campbellts Bay, the parents of 10 children; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lance, the parents of Mrs. Asselin.

IEdward Bubeau of Otter Lake. Que., and Emile Gallln of Camp- bell's Bay escaped. They smashed 0. window in the sunken two-door coach and swam to the surface.

Carl Foley of Ouyon, Que, who gave the alarm and rowed a boat. out over the sunken car. pulled them to safety.

Thousands See Royal Carpet

Citizens of Prime Edward Island turned out by the thousand to see Queen Mary's carpet when it was displayed in Charlottetown on Thursday and Friday of last week.

Under the auspices of the four P. E. 1. Chapters of the I. O. D. E. the showing of the Royal piece of needlework drew a total of almost 5.400 persons in the two days it was displayed. Total receipts were almost 31,200 which will be this Province's contribution towards the 3100.000 which is necessary to purchase the carpet for the Nat- ional Art Gallery in Ottawa.

Mrs. G. I. K. Drope. first vice- presldent of the National I.0.D.E.. who brought the carpet to Char- lottetown. stated that she was very pleasantly surprised at the huge number of people who viewed it. and that it created more in-

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Transfer Of 11.000 Men Began Over. Week-end.

OTTAWA. Nov. 12 -(CP) - Canada's special army brigade is on the move, part of it bound for Korea.

Their movement officially shrouded in secrecy. thousands of men are converging on Fort Lew- is Wash.. in the country's greatest peacetime troop transfer.

The shift of the brlgade's three battalions and supporting troopa- largest since the days of the Sec- ond World War-started from a half-dozen points during the week-end.

Actual departure times were kept secret by the army for "security" reasons, but 22 special trains are leaving at various times in the next few days with about 11.000 men from Valcartler, Que; Petawawa, Kingston and Camp Borden, in Ontario: Camp Shllo. Mair. and Wainwright. Alta.

From Wainwright goes the 2nd Battalion of the Princess Pat.- ricla's Canadian Light Infantry. the unit chosen to go directly to Korea after a short staging stop at the big United states army camp at Fort Lewis. The 900-mun battalion of Pats will sail for the Far East late this month with an undisclosed number of reinforce- ment and ancillary troops.

The other two infantry battal- ions in the brigade-from the Royal 22nd Regiment and the Royal Canadian Regiment-are shoving off. respectively. from lhelr training camps at valclirtler and Petawawa.

Slruclttyllair On Malpeque Road

Mr. Ernest Connolly Royalty was taken to the Charlotte- town Hospltsl Friday night suffer- trig from a brain concussion follow- ing an accident on the Malpeque Road near St. Dunstan's Univer- sity. The accident occurred about 6.30.

Mr. Connolly was driving a wagon towards the College and was thrown from the horse-driven vehicle after being struck from the rear by a car. The accident occurred as two cars were meeting one another. The wagon was driven into the ditch and badly damaged.

Mr. Connolly -was reported. to be resting comfortably last night. He is employed at st, Dunstan's Univ- erslty.

Founder Of Notre Dame

VATICAN CITY. Nov. 12 -- (CP)-The Pope was carried shoulder-high into st. Peter's to- night - to venerate Marguerite Bourgeoys, the French-born Can- adian nun beatlfied earlier in the day.

Among those attending the cere- mony were 11 cardinals, including James Cardinal Mcciutgan. Arch- bishop of Toronto. 60 bishops, in- cluding 20 from Canada, and -many other high prelates of the Roman Catholic Church. A crowd estimat- ed at 30.000 cheered the Pope as he entered St. Peter's.

In the ceremony, the Pope solemnly honored the first Canad- ian to be raised to the ranks of the blessed. The beatificatlon is one stage on the way to becoming a saint. - -

Among 1,200 pilgrims frcm can- ada who had travelled here for the beatification. were two repre- sentatives of the Quebec Govern- ment-onesinie Gagnon. Provincial

Treasurer. and Camille Poullot. Minister of Cw.-no and Fisheries.

China-Agrees To Discuss

Formosa But

LAKE SUCCESS. N. Y.. Nov. 12 - (AP) - Ci. munist China notified the United Nations Saturday she is accepting a security Council in- vttatlon to present her own case charging the United states with aggrassion but is rejecting I ' ” bid by the council to discuss Chin- ese interventlon in Korea.

The Communist Chinese Foreign

Minister, Chou an-Lat. announced lne

the decisions in two separate cables to the U. N. Secretary - Cteners., Trygve Lie.

The situation. in brief. is this:

1. The reiplng regime notified Lie a nine-man delegation will fly from Pelptng Nov. ls in response to a nacurtty Council invitation extend- ed Capt. so for the Comraunists to be represented In council talks on

the Peiping charga that seating off

Not Korea

of Nationalist held Formosa by the

0.5. seventh Fleet constitutes ag- gression against China.

2. The Chinese, Communist. in another communication later to Lie. said they rejected a security Coun- cil lllvltlf-Ion Issued Nov. 8 for Pets- tnc to send I delegation here to talk about American charges that the Chinese Communists have in- tervened in the North Korean fight-

3. The Chinese Communists pro- posed. in turn.. that the security pounctl consider together their charges concerning !orrnoea.. other American "aggression" in Korea and air ,att.acks- on Mannhurts.

The only view of delegates and

officials here. on the beats of the 1

communication: received from Chou. was that the Korean situation uti-

of. West

Special Brigade Begini Moving To Furl: Levvis

Canada Pauses To Pay Tribute” To War Dead

OFTTAWA. Nov. 12-(CP)- Can- It'll. with armed forces already committed. in another conflict. paused briefly Satu:day to pay tribute to the 100.000 of her sons who died in the First and See. and World Wars.

Across the land. in centres big and small. veterans and non-vete:- ans Joined in Remembrance Div

services. The national obserfvance took place in the capital. aiouncl mg

big stone and bronze War Me. mortal which sits on Cont...-15,. ation Square in uptown Ottawa. The armed forces. the diplomatic COWS. government officials and the public took part as the n'l- tlon mourned its war dead.

There, massed bands played hymn and the National Anthem. Cana tan Legion buglers sounded the "Last Post" and "Reveille" and a lone cannon signalled two minutes silence at 11 am.

Then Viscount Alexander. rhd in the great cost of a field mar- shal. stepped across to the base

. of the memorial to place 1 wreath before Kivlng a salute to the fallen.

He was followed to the monu- ment by Mrs. John Beasley of Ottawa, mother of two gong who died in the Second World War. She placed a wreath for the be- reaved mothera of Canada.

Others were placed by Defence Minister Claxton, representing Prime Minister St. Laurent. and Group Capt. Alfred Watts of Van- couver. Dominlon president of the Canadian Legion.

Mr. St. Laurent had been ex- pected to place a wreath at the National Memorial, but he left the capital Friday night for Que- bec. where he placed a wreath Sunday on the Quebec Cenotaph.

Thousands attended as service a: the Cenotaph In front of Tor- onto's City Hall. It was slmtlzir to observnnees in every malor cliv. with members of the armed for- ces. veterans organizations and officials of provincial and muni- cipal governments taklrig part.

Impressive Remembrance Day Turnout In Chitown

Burglars Gel 31.200 In Jewellery Al Kensington Store

A daring robbery occurred some- time one 'f'tiursday'-1xlght"or"”eerly Friday morning at the drug and" jewellery store of Mr. William .1. sample of Kenslngton and an es- timated 81.200 worth of jewellery was stolen. The thief or thieves gained entrance to the store through a rear window and apparently left by the same way. Although R. C.- M. P. are investigating the case there yvere no new developments up to late last. night,

It was also learned last evening that sometime during Friday night police were notified of another break into a summer cottage nt Bedeque but whether the thieves

doubtedly would be discussed.

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Sisters Of 4-Beatified "

Also present was a. grou of nuns from the Congregation o the Sisters of Notre Dame at Montreal. founded 300 years ago by Mar- querlte Bourgeoys.

Archiblshop Leger gave the eucharlstic

of Montreal. benediction

from the high altar of the vast Basilica of st. Peter's. Sponsors of the cause for the

beatiflcatlon of Mother Marguerite afterwards presented the Pope at the end of the ceremony with I picture of the Canadian nun port- raying the vision of the Madonna which led her to quit France for a dangerous missionary life in plan- eer Canada. ..

As the frail figure of the Pontlff swayed into the Basilica above the heads of the crowd. thousands of electric candles outlining the vaulted ceiling sprang into light.

This morning the apostolic latter proclaiming the beam” ' of Mother Marguerite was read by a Canon of st. Peter's. Msgr. Fer- dlnando Prosper-int. while the Tltular Bishop of Palmlra. Msgr. Domenico Flori. 1: Vatican canon. intoned the "Te Deum" and cele- brated the first solemn high mass in st. Peter's in honor of the new

Canadian figure in the Church's galaxy.

Both ceremonies today were broadcast by Vatican radio on short wave.

Mother Marguerite made several perilous voyages to Canada. then New France. 300 years ago. The Order she founded now has houses and institutes of educatlontin var- ious parts of Canada. the United States and Japan. The order has 5,700 members.

Mother Marguerite. born in 1620. at Troyes. France, as a young girl gave evidence of her desire to teach and devote herself to a re- llglous life. In 1663 she sailed from St. Nazalre for the new world.

The voyage was disastrous. Plague broke out and took many lives of both crew and 108 men sent to reinforce Montreal gar- rison.' a young mm sought to comfort and old the sick and dy-

he. The lhlp reached Quebec after

Thousands of citizens turned out on Saturday to witness one of the

most. impressive Remembrance Day parades ever held in Char- lottetown.

The sun shone brightly on one of the largest crowds in years as it gathered around the war monu- ment to await the arrival of the parade which marched from the Legion Hall to music furnished by the Prince Edward I.sland,R.egi- mnentr-Band (17th"Recce).'o '

A representative of each of the three armed services stood on the steps of the monument awaiting the arrival of the parade which formed around the memorial and on Great George street at 10:45. A few minutes later Lieutenant Governor T. W. L. Prowse and his aid .actlng Premier Hon. A. Mat eson. President H. R, vessey of the Charlottetown Branch of the Legion. and Mlijor A. Pealcc. President of the Provincial coni- mand, Canadian Legion. arrived to take up their positions. Mayor l3. Earle MacDonald and members of the City Council arrived in a body.

The signal for the commence- ment of the symbolic two mlnutes' 'sileiice was given by the 28th 1.. A.A. Regiment which fired one gun from Victoria Park. After the playing of the ”Last Post". Mr. if. R. Vessey look over the micro- phone and gave a reading of a poem by Laurence Bliiyan. "Re- veille" was then heard and the end of the two minutes was mark- ed by another signal from Victoria Park followed immediately by three volleys fired by the R.C.N. (R.) who were stationed in from of the monument.

Legion Chaplains Capt. (Rev.) J. T. Ibbott and Capt. (Rev) George Maccormack each gave a short address urging the audience to realize the responsibilities

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Allies Hammer Out Small Gains) in Norihaltorea

SEOUL. Korea, Nov. 13 (Monday) -- ,lAP) - Allied troops hammered out small gains on the Northwest Korean front and re- pelled Communist counter-attacks in the Northeast Sunday. American planes made powerful strikes to check the flow of Red reinforcements and supplies from Manchuria,

A spokesman at Gen. MacAr- thur's Tokyo headquarters called the current Allied push a limited offensive, but declined to define its aims. The push started Satur- day and registered advances up to four miles.

A U. S. intelligence officer in the field warned, however. that the Chinese Reds soldiers in Korea might succeed in pin- ning down the United Nations 'forces for a long and bitter winter campaign.

More than 100 carrier-based planes smashed a span of the vital Yalu River bridge at sin- uiju. where enemy supplies enter Northwest Korea from Manchurla.

American B-29 Superfoi-ts un- loaded 840 tons of fire bombs on targets in North-Central and Northwestern Korea. Fragmenta- tion bombs and jellied gasoline from light bombers were strewn across

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enemy positions in the Northwest;

. Police took fingerprints in an at-

Blamtttlas seepage For Tragedy

By A. 1!. Garrett

LEDUC. Alta, Nov. 12 -(CP)- Ten persons are dead and 11 in hospital following a mysterious ex- plosion that shattered an hotel in this oil--boom town, 21 miles south of Edmonton Saturday.

The victims were trapped in the tottering bulk of the two-storey structure as it tumbled lnto'the basement and was destroyed by fire. No occupants escaped injury. Some of those hurt were on the street outside.

Investigation Opened

The explosion was believed due to gas seepage into the basement from an undetermined source. It is being investigated by -R.C.M.P. officials of the Alberta. Govern- ment and employees of a gas coni- pany which was installing natural gas service to the town.

Dead arc:

Mrs. Not-man Miller of Athabaska. Alta.. a waitress in the hotel coffee shop.

Orysla Megley, 12. daughter of the hotel owner.

Steve Fennlak and Elnil Abel. employees in the hotel beverage room.

I Allan J. Powell. about 30. and Art Mannville. 52. of High River. Alta.. employed as drillers in the nearby Leduc oilfield.

Elmer Baird. 36. of Edmon-

' ton. employee of Public Works Department.

Bill Brahman

Kincaid of Leduc.

and Fred

An unidentified person in overalls. The explosion. breaking the

calm of a Remembrance Day holl- day. was felt as far as 10 miles distant.

Witnesses said it buried the roof of the brick and frame structure 20 feet in the air and drove out all the walls. As the roof crashed down. the top floor collapsed on the ground storey.

All of the 19 rooms and a five- room suite on the top floor were rented. but police were unable to deterrnlne how many persons act- ually were in the building.

Sixteen injured were released from the twisted wreckage of beams. pipes. bedsorings and other furniture before flames swept the block. driving rescuers back.

Firemen poured water on the molten. steaming mass for more than two hours before the body of the first victim could be recov- ered.

At dusk Saturday night. onlv three bodies had been found. Floodllghts were rigged and der- rick-equipment oil trucks were brought into use to haul sway the debris.

8100.000 Loss

Directing operations from It pile of smoking rubble in the basement was John Megley. co-owner of the hotel. who had lost one child, his home and business in the blast. Loss was estimated at more than 3100.000.

The tempe ature dropped to five degrees abov zero as bulldozers were brought into use to clear the rubble.

The remaining covered today. The body of the tenth victim.

was burned beyond recognition.

bodies were re-

tempt: to trace its identity that

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